- 1. People on the Internet are Finally Talking About How Painful IUD Insertion Can Be
- (Living)
- ... as inventing a surgical technique to repair vesicovaginal fistulas–a common complication caused by childbirth that can lead to death if left untreated. What Sims should mostly be remembered for, though, ...
- Created on 06 January 2023
- 2. Women Have Been Aiding And Abetting Abortion For Centuries. So How And When Did The Witchcraft Narrative Begin?
- (Feminism)
- ... born. Since female healers, midwives, and “cunning folk” in villages were the ones usually aiding in childbirth and performing abortions—in other words, controlling the reproduction of the labor force—it ...
- Created on 19 September 2022
- 3. Amy Coney Barrett Says Putting The Baby Up For Adoption "Takes Care of the Problem" of Burden Of Forced Parenthoo
- (Feminism)
- ... experience the life-altering consequences of physical, mental, and financial weight from pregnancy and childbirth. With nearly half of the women who have abortions falling below the federal poverty line ...
- Created on 03 December 2021
- 4. Halsey Gets Vulnerable, Explores Motherhood and Childbirth on Provocative 4th Album, If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power: BUST Revie
- (Music)
- ... in an album reflecting nothing less than the horrors and desperate joys of pregnancy and childbirth on her latest release, If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power. Having ecently given birth to her first ...
- Created on 16 September 2021
- 5. Halsey Unveils the Artwork for Her New Album, “If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power," And It's Stunning ...
- (Music)
- ... of the female body as either sexual or maternal. In a recent Instagram post, she explained that her latest release would be a concept album exploring "the joys and horrors of pregnancy and childbirth. " ...
- Created on 15 July 2021
- 6. Kate Winslet Refuses to Hide Her Body in Mare of Easttown
- (TV)
- ... we only celebrating the bodies of women over thirty-five which seemingly defy nature, and reverse the effects of childbirth, everyday stresses, and aging? Winslet perhaps feels comfortable resisting ...
- Created on 03 June 2021
- 7. Self-Advocacy Might Have Saved Influencer Grace F. Victory's Life From A System Working Against He
- (Entertainment)
- ... Black women in the UK are four times more likely to die in pregnancy or childbirth. Victory, confident that she’d found a team of professionals who were attentive to her specific needs, was set to ride ...
- Created on 18 March 2021
- 8. Ted Cruz Thinks the Abortion Pill Should be Banned and, Apparently, Pregnancy is a Walk in the Park
- (Feminism)
- ... has never been pregnant and clearly knows nothing about maternal mortality rates in the US or in Texas. People die in childbirth at an unconscionable rate, especially women of color. Not from medication ...
- Created on 03 September 2020
- 9. The Horrifying Reality of Child Marriage and Why Only Three States in America Have Banned It
- (Feminism)
- ... more likely to die in childbirth. Their chances of living in poverty double while the chances of spousal abuse triple. Scarily enough, over 5,000 people were granted approval to bring fiancees under ...
- Created on 18 May 2020
- 10. #JusticeForAmber: Pregnancy-Related Negligence During the COVID-19 Pandemic
- (Living)
- ... media on April 17th. By April 21, just four days later, she had died. She was only 26 years old. Amber, a high school classmate of mine, died in childbirth from complications related to HELLP Syndrome. HELLP ...
- Created on 15 May 2020
- 11. Why I Spend Three Hours a Day Looking in The Mirror
- (Living)
- ... tragic, the need to be so perfect, and it is. I’m obsessed with how within femininity, the most dreadful aspects are also so beautiful. Like childbirth. It makes me wonder about Aphrodite, the goddess ...
- Created on 14 April 2020
- 12. Bernie Sanders' Plan for Reproductive Rights and the Black Maternal Mortality Crisis is a Breath of Fresh Air
- (Living)
- ... crisis also includes Native American and Alaskan Native Women. Black, Native American and Alaskan Native women are three times more likely to die during childbirth than white women. Famous Black women ...
- Created on 09 March 2020
- 13. Finland Just Implemented an All-inclusive Parental Leave Policy; Your Turn America
- (Feminism)
- ... weeks after childbirth or adoption but is also, you guessed it, unpaid. Individual states do, however, offer paid parental leave options. For example, in New York state, it’s pretty typical that a private ...
- Created on 10 February 2020
- 14. The Kripalu Women's Week Inspired Hope — And Maybe Even A Revolutio
- (Feminism)
- ... the tomb or the womb? This moment in history is testing our ability to breathe and push, the same way we are tested during the transition phase of childbirth. Our abilities to navigate transitions is guided ...
- Created on 21 November 2019
- 15. Birth-Bashing and the Aesthetics of the Brazilian C-Section
- (Feminism)
- Move aside, Brazilian Butt Lift, and say hello to the newest cultural obsession - the $10,000 Brazilian C-Section. In Brazil, the wealthy elite are spending thousands to turn their childbirths into ...
- Created on 19 June 2019
- 16. Maternity Leave Is A Reproductive Rights Issue—Here's Wh
- (Feminism)
- ... more than 700 women die each year from causes related to pregnancy or childbirth. Compared to white women, Black women have three times the mortality rate, and more than 60 percent of these maternal deaths ...
- Created on 15 May 2019
- 17. This Woman Was Forced To Give Birth Alone In Jail Cell
- (General)
- ... down in the cell and catch the baby with her own hands.” In addition, Jackson is a black woman, putting her at further risk of neglect and/or dying during childbirth: according to a recent study, black ...
- Created on 10 May 2019
- 18. SNL Proves We All Need To Pay Attention To Elizabeth Warren
- (TV)
- ... more likely to die in childbirth compared to white women, NPR reported in 2017. When Warren announced this at the She the People summit in Texas, she detailed that medical providers would be rewarded with ...
- Created on 06 May 2019
- 19. Polly Rosenwaike Explores Motherhood In "Look How Happy I'm Making You": BUST Intervi
- (Books)
- ... about women’s bodies and pregnancy and childbirth as experiences that women uniquely have, and to consider that these aspects of women’s health and lives are often underfunded, undervalued. They’re often ...
- Created on 12 April 2019
- 20. Some Good News For Your Timeline: Preventing Maternal Deaths Act Passes Through Congress
- (Feminism)
- ... relating to pregnancy or childbirth, with black women three to four times more likely to suffer maternal mortality than white women. The real kicker: 60% of these deaths are preventable. Enter H.R. 1318, ...
- Created on 14 December 2018
